Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for CHAPEL-CLEEVE

CHAPEL-CLEEVE, a hamlet in Old Cleeve parish, Somerset; on the coast, 2 miles W of Watchet. A chapel here, dedicated to the Virgin, was much frequented, in the Romish times, by pilgrims; and the remnant of a cross, for guiding them hither, stands midway between Washford and Old Cleeve church.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a hamlet"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Old Cleeve AP/CP       Somerset AncC
Place: Chapel Cleeve

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